In Half-Life 2, Alyx Vance is a brilliant hacker and mechanic who is a close friend of Gordon Freeman. She helps Gordon by providing weapons and fighting alongside him. She owns a robot named “Dog”, which she built herself.

In King of the Hill, Dale Gribble is Hank Hill’s friend and neighbor. Dale enjoys driving around in the Bug-e-bago and spraying things with toxic chemicals, an exterminator by trade. At least that’s what they’d like to you believe…

In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Skye (Chloe Bennet) is a young and eager hacker turned agent who’s always ready to kick some bad guy butt. An orphan, Skye recently met her father who’s been on a revenge seeking quest to avenge his murdered wife. She recently enabled her superhuman abilities via an ancient alien artifact, and will soon come to be known as Quake.

Josh Washington (Rami Malek) is one of the main characters in the survival horror video game Until Dawn. He invites his friends to his family lodge in an effort to overcome his depression. But they quickly find themselves trapped at the remote getaway, and fear they may have an uninvited guest.

In the video game Watch Dogs, Aiden Pearce hacks computer systems in order to bring justice to those responsible for his niece’s death. Don’t let the baseball cap fool you — Aiden is a gray hat hacker all the way.

In Kung Fury, Hackerman (Leopold Nilsson) is a computer whiz who sends Kung Fury back in time to kill Hitler. He may be a genius but he’s not perfect, as a glitch in the system sends Kung Fury to the Viking age instead.